Every autumn, Kharkiv turns into the venue of the largest legal event of the year for several days, and representatives of the world legal community from more than 20 countries gather to discuss topical legal issues and exchange experience. The forum becomes an effective platform for interaction between the academic community, non-governmental organizations, business and government
ІІ-nd Kharkiv International Legal Forum September, 25-28, 2018
How it was:
key speakers and honorary guests
Toma Birmontienė
Professor, Head of the Lithuanian Center for Human Rights (1995-2004), judge of the Constitutional Court of Lithuania (2005-2014), Head of the Baltic-Ukrainian Center for Research and Innovation
Valentyna Danishevska
The Head of the Supreme Court
Kęstutis Lančinskas
Head of EU Advisory Mission Ukraine. Kęstutis Lančinskas is a graduate of the University of Vilnius with a Masters in Criminal Law and almost three decades of professional experience in policing, diplomacy and European integration. In his home country he was involved at a senior level in major reforms, including preparations for EU accession in […]
Adam Lazowski
Doctor of Law, Professor of the European Union Law at Westminster University School of Law, Short-term Expert of the EU project “Association4U” (United Kingdom). Between 1999 and 2003, he lectured at the University of Warsaw. During the next two years, he worked as a senior researcher in European law at the T.M.C. Asser Institute (The […]
Liliya Hrynevych
Minister of Education and Science. Ms. Liliya Hrynevych has two degrees: a biochemist-teacher and an economist manager. She is a candidate (PhD) of Pedagogical Sciences. She worked as a teacher, Deputy Director and Director of the school, Lecturer at the universities, Head of the Education and Science Department of the Kyiv City State Administration, trained at […]
Vadim Triukhan
Head of the NGO “European Movement Ukraine” 1997-2011 – worked at the diplomatic service of Ukraine in Legal and Legal Directorate, the Secretariat of the State Secretary for European Integration, the Consular Department and the Department of the European Union of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, and also at the Main Directorate of […]
Stanislav Shevchuk
Doctor of Legal Sciences, Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine. He graduated from the Ukrainian Law Academy (nowadays – Yaroslav the Wise National Law Academy of Ukraine) and completed postgraduate studies at this institution, where he worked as an assistant at the Department […]
Toma Birmontienė
Professor, Head of the Lithuanian Center for Human Rights (1995-2004), judge of the Constitutional Court of Lithuania (2005-2014), Head of the Baltic-Ukrainian Center for Research and Innovation
KELLIE EARLY
Chief Strategy Officer for the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE). She is involved in all strategic initiatives and operational activities involving the testing products and services provided by NCBE to bar admission authorities and to candidates seeking admission to practice law. She is the staff liaison for the recently appointed NCBE Testing Task Force, […]
Erwin Seyfried
Doctor of Law, Professor, Berlin School of Economics and Law (Germany) Professor of Organisational and Administrative Psychology at the FHVR Berlin (now Berlin School of Economics and Law – BSEL) since 1993. Head of the inter-disciplinary research centre for vocational training, the labour market and evaluation (FBAE) at the FHVR Berlin (since 1994). Responsible for […]
Dovilė Gailiūtė – Janušonė
Аssociate professor at the Institute of International and EU Law at Mykolas Romeris University (Lithuania), where she currently teaches the courses on Public International Law and International Protection of Human Rights. Dovile completed her PhD on the right to housing and continues her research on various aspects of human rights. She is a co-author of […]
Virginijus Bitė
Professor and director of the Institute of Private Law at Faculty of Law at Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) (Vilnius, Lithuania). He was also the Head of the Justice Research Laboratory at MRU. He conducts research and publishes articles in the field of commercial and company law, especially on regulation of close (private) companies and liability of directors […]
Michael Scholz
Doctor of law, Head of Division for International Relation. Ministry of Justice of North Rhine-Westphalia
Hans-Heiner Kühne
Professor of Criminal Law, European and International Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, and Criminology at the University of Trier, Germany. Professor Kühne had participated in joint projects with the Japanese Ministry of Justice and the German Federal Criminal Police Office, concentrating especially on organized crime and corruption. He currently leads his expertise to the Federal Criminal Police […]
Anton Yanchuk
Head of the National Agency of Ukraine for Finding, Tracing and Management of assets derived from Corruption and Other Crimes. Anton Yanchuk is a graduate of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, specializing in law, and received a Master of Law degree. After graduating, he became a postgraduate student at Taras Shevchenko National University […]
Oesten Baller
Doctor of Law, Professor, Director of the Institute for Cooperation with Central and Eastern European Countries in Public Reform (Germany) He has been Professor of Public Law at the Berlin School of Economics and Law since 1997. Has more than fifteen years of experience in managing projects (project director and key expert), in public consultation, […]
Beata Faracik
Co-founder and President of the Board of the Polish Institute for Human Rights and Business. Leading Polish expert specialized in Human Rights & Business and Corporate Social Responsibility with over 15 years of professional experience and experience of working in public, private and NGO sectors in various countries, including: Ministry of Justice (Poland), Ministry of […]
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